17. hobane Morena Modimo wa rona, ke yena ya re nyolotseng le bo-ntata rona Egepeta, moo re neng re le makgoba teng. Ke yena ya entseng dipontsho tse kgolo, a re baballa tseleng yohle eo re e tsamaileng, le hara ditjhaba tsohle tseo re fetileng hara tsona.
18. Morena ke yena ya ileng a falatsa ditjhaba tsohle tse neng di le kapele ho rona, le Baamore ba neng ba ahile naheng ena. Ka baka leo, le rona re tla sebeletsa Morena, hobane ke yena Modimo wa rona.”
19. Joshua a re ho setjhaba: “Le ke ke la sebeletsa Morena, hobane ke Modimo ya halalelang, ke Modimo ya boulelang. A ke ke a le tshwarela ditshito tsa lona, kapa dibe tsa lona.
20. Haeba le ka furalla Morena, la sebeletsa medimo esele, o tla le fetohela, a le etse hampe, a le timetse, le hoja a kile a le etsa hantle.”
21. Setjhaba sa re ho Joshua: “Tjhe, re tla sebeletsa Morena.”
22. Joshua a boela a re ho setjhaba: “Lona, ka bolona, le a ipakela hore le ikgethetse ho sebeletsa Morena!”Sa re: “E, re dipaki!”
23. Joshua a re: “Ha ho le jwalo, furallang medimo esele, e teng hara lona, mme le lebise dipelo tsa lona ho Morena Modimo wa Iseraele.”
24. Setjhaba sa re ho Joshua: “Re tla sebeletsa Morena Modimo wa rona, mme re tla mamela lentswe la hae.”
25. Ka lona letsatsi leo Joshua a etsa selekane le setjhaba, a se beela molao le taelo a le Shekeme.
26. Joshua a ngola mantswe ana Bukeng ya Molao wa Modimo. A nka lejwe le leholo, a le hloma moo, tlasa sefate sa eike, se neng se le haufi le Sehalalelo sa Morena.
27. Yaba Joshua o re ho setjhaba sohle: “Bonang, lejwe lena e tla ba paki e tla re tswa, hobane le utlwile dipolelo tsohle tsa Morena, tseo a di buileng ho rona. Ka baka leo, ke paki e tla le tswa, haeba le ka latola Modimo wa lona.”
28. Yaba Joshua o qhala setjhaba, mme motho ka mong a kgutlela ha hae.
29. Kamora tsena Joshua, mora wa Nune, mohlanka wa Morena, a shwa a le dilemo tse lekgolo le leshome.
30. Ba mo epela naheng eo a e jeleng lefa, Timina-Sera, e naheng e maralla ya Efraime, ka leboya ho thaba ya Gaashe.
31. Baiseraele ba sebeletsa Morena ka matsatsi wohle a bophelo ba Joshua, le ka matsatsi wohle a ho phela ha baholo ba ileng ba nna ba phela kamora lefu la Joshua, ba neng ba tseba mesebetsi yohle ya Morena, eo a neng a e etseditse Baiseraele.
32. Masapo a Josefa, ao bana ba Iseraele ba neng ba ile ba nyoloha le wona Egepeta, ba a epela Shekeme, seratswaneng seo Jakobo a neng a ile a se reka ho bana ba Hamore, ntata Shekeme, ka ditjhelete tse lekgolo tsa silefera, mme ya eba lefa la bana ba Josefa.
33. Le Eleasare, mora wa Arone, a shwa. Ba mo epela Gibea, motseng wa mora wa hae Finease, oo a neng a o newe, o naheng e maralla ya Efraime.